by lars on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:35 am
I have been thinking about this test quite a lot, since I keep scoring bad, and wondering if this is the same reaction time as what happens when someone throws a punch at you, and your body reacts.
Today I was driving, and suddenly the guy in front breaks fast. I havent slept much as I have just gotten a beautiful daughter (most parents know what I mean I guess), so I actually didnt realise what was going on until some seconds after when my body automatically had braked and swung to the side avoiding the car.
It was a completely non conscious process, driven by reflexes and quite some years of driving.
This seems much closer to the reflex process that happens when your body has ingrained a movement to detail, responding with whatever technique that comes up, but faster than you can think of.
Any ideas on the difference on these two kinds of reactions?
It seems obvious that the sheep-exercise thing is more consciously controlled ( your eyes see, your brain register and tells the finger to push), whereas the bodymemory (your eyes see & body feel and body moves, then brain thinks "wow, that was a nice move!")) is more unconscious.
Both things CNS?